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In late Jan/early Feb, I tossed out a question about TDI and inter-agency
acceptance of Nitrox C-cards. I received a lot of info about TDI, but no
really definitive answer about agency policies, other than one reply stating
that the others would not accept TDI cards.
I decided to go to the source. On 10 Feb, I sent a letter to ANDI, IANTD
and TDI, inquiring about their policy re the other two agencies cards.
Results:
ANDI: A handwritten, but unsigned, reply arrived within two weeks. It indicated
thet they do indeed accept IANTD and TDI certs. They also sent
literature.
TDI: I had sent my letter to TDI in Key Largo, FL, but only 4-5 days after
getting ANDI's reply, I got a reply from Bret Gillaim in Bath, ME. He
also said that there was no problem with ANDI or IANTD certs. He also
included a copy of the TDI newsletter for my perusal.
IANTD: Has not deigned, as yet, to honor me with an answer.
So, ANDI and TDI get good grades for customer relations. IANTD's silence
may have something to do with the fact that, according to their ads, they
want $5.75 before they'll even send you a list of their instructors (which
is sort of like charging you to read an ad, isn't it?). Maybe they want $
up front to talk to prospective customers, or maybe they lost the letter.
Either way, at this juncture, IANTD gets a failing (IMHO) grade in
(potential) customer relation, and I still have no definitive answer
about their cert acceptance policy. I do, however, have a tendancy to
to spend my all-too-scarce recreational funding where I feel I am treated
with respect.
Are there any people reading TechDiver or rec-scuba that can comment, *authori-
tatively*, on IANTD's interagency acceptance policy?
Dave (future Nitrox) Ventre
Quincy, MA
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